Webster's Dictionary 1913

3511

Chopfallen

Chop′fall′en (?), a. Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen.

3512

Chophouse

Chop″house′ (?), n. A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house.The freedom of a chophouse.W. Irving.

3513

Chophouse (2)

Chop″house′, n. [See Chop quality.] A customhouse where transit duties are levied. S. W. Williams.

3514

Chopin

Chop″in (?), n. [F. chopine, fr. G. schoppen.] A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.

3515

Chopin (2)

Chop″in, n. See Chopine.

3516

Chopine

Cho‐pine″ (?), n. [Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim.] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or m...

3517

Chopness

Chop″ness (?), n. A kind of spade.

3518

Chopper

Chop″per (?), n. One who, or that which, chops.

3519

Chopping

Chop″ping (?), a. [Cf. Chubby.] Stout or plump; large. Fenton.

3520

Chopping (2)

Chop″ping, a. [See Chop to barter.] Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.

3521

Chopping (3)

Chop″ping, n. Act of cutting by strokes.Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc. — Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat...

3522

Choppy

Chop″py (?), a. [Cf. Chappy.] 1. Full of cracks. “Choppy finger.” Shak.2. [Cf. Chop a change.] Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea.

3523

Chops

Chops (chŏps), n. pl. [See Chop a jaw.] 1. The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.2. The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops...

3524

Chopstick

Chop″stick″ (chŏp″stĭk′), n. One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.

3525

Choragic

Cho‐rag″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a choragus.Choragic monument, a building or column built by a victorious choragus for the reception and exhibition of the tripod which he ...

3526

Choragus

‖Cho‐ra″gus (?), n.; pl.Choragi (#). (Gr. Antiq.) A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical con...

3527

Choral

Cho″ral (?), a. [LL. choralis, fr. L. chorus. See Chorus.] Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.Choral service, a se...

3528

Choral (2)

Cho″ral, n.(Mus.) A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals. [Sometimes written chorale.]

3529

Choralist

Cho″ral‐ist (?), n. A singer or composer of chorals.

3530

Chorally

Cho″ral‐ly, adv. In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.

3531

Chord

Chord (kôrd), n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. χορδή. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written cord. See Cord.] 1. The string of a musica...

3532

Chord (2)

Chord, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n.Chording.] To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.When Jubal struck the chorded shell.Dryden.Even the so...

3533

Chord (3)

Chord, v. i.(Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.

3534

Chorda

‖Chor″da (?), n. [NL., fr. L. chorda. See Chord.] (Anat.) A cord.‖Chorda dorsalis (�). (Anat.) See Notochord.

3535

Chordal

Chor″dal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a chord.

3536

Chordata

‖Chor‐da″ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.] (Zoöl.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal ...

3537

Chordee

Chor‐dee″ (?), n. [F. cordé, cordée, p. p. of corder to cord.] (Med.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.